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1874 - Born on the 25th of January.
1897 - He presented his second book for consideration.
1914 - Maugham was famous, with 10 plays produced and 10 published novels.
1917 - In May, following the decree nisi, Syrie and Maugham were married.
1920 - Syrie became a noted interior decorator who popularized the all-white room.
1915 - He began work in Switzerland, secretly gathering and passing on intelligence while posing as himself that is, as a writer.
1916 - Maugham travelled to the Pacific to research his novel The Moon And Sixpence, based on the life of Paul Gauguin.
1917 - In June, he was asked by Sir William Wiseman, chief of the British Secret Intelligence Service, to undertake a special mission in Russia to keep the Provisional Government in power and Russia in the war by countering German pacifist propaganda.
1922 - Maugham dedicated On A Chinese Screen, a book of 58 ultra-short story sketches collected during his 1920 travels through China and Hong Kong, to Syrie, with the intention of later turning the sketches into a book.
1924 -His collection The Casuarina Tree, Maugham's play The Letter, starring Gladys Cooper.
1928 - Maugham bought Villa Mauresque on twelve acres at Cap Ferrat on the French Riviera.
1948 - He announced that he would bequeath this collection to the Trustees of the National Theatre.
1954 - He was made a Companion of Honour.
1965 - Died on the 16th of December.
1897 - He presented his second book for consideration.
1914 - Maugham was famous, with 10 plays produced and 10 published novels.
1917 - In May, following the decree nisi, Syrie and Maugham were married.
1920 - Syrie became a noted interior decorator who popularized the all-white room.
1915 - He began work in Switzerland, secretly gathering and passing on intelligence while posing as himself that is, as a writer.
1916 - Maugham travelled to the Pacific to research his novel The Moon And Sixpence, based on the life of Paul Gauguin.
1917 - In June, he was asked by Sir William Wiseman, chief of the British Secret Intelligence Service, to undertake a special mission in Russia to keep the Provisional Government in power and Russia in the war by countering German pacifist propaganda.
1922 - Maugham dedicated On A Chinese Screen, a book of 58 ultra-short story sketches collected during his 1920 travels through China and Hong Kong, to Syrie, with the intention of later turning the sketches into a book.
1924 -His collection The Casuarina Tree, Maugham's play The Letter, starring Gladys Cooper.
1928 - Maugham bought Villa Mauresque on twelve acres at Cap Ferrat on the French Riviera.
1948 - He announced that he would bequeath this collection to the Trustees of the National Theatre.
1954 - He was made a Companion of Honour.
1965 - Died on the 16th of December.
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